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Middlebury Grads Reflect on the Passing of a Legend

By Lacrosse Playground | August 6, 2009 |
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Beloved lacrosse manager and longtime Middlebury College friend, Myron G. "Peter" Kohn passed away on Aug. 5 at University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, Pa. The lacrosse legend was unable to recover from a heart attack he suffered on a fishing trip near his home in Cape May, N.J., on Aug. 1.

Turf Dawg teams up with Paul Rabil

By Lacrosse Playground | August 5, 2009 |
Turf Dawg is teaming up with Paul Rabil to benefit the National Cued Speech Association. If you purchase limited edition Rabil's Army Turf Dawgs, 50 percent of the proceeds go to benefit the NCSA. You can purchase the product (pictured below) at http://www.turfdawgusa.com/rabils_army.html.

Rabils Army Turf Dawg

Matt Danowski's Dye Job: A Tribute to Long Island

By Lacrosse Playground | August 4, 2009 |
Long Island native Matt Danowski represents his home turf with a custom dye job. Kenny Nims gives Lacrosse Playground viewers a locker room look at Danowski's head from the MLL All-Star Game. (Note: To view this video you must be a member of Lacrosse Playground. Signing up is easy and takes only seconds. You can sign up at: http://my.lacrosseplayground.com/main/authorization/signUp?)

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Long Island Lizards Footage From Today Show

By Lacrosse Playground | August 4, 2009 |
Per many of your requests, here is the video from earlier this morning. Enjoy!

Nicky Polanco on Today Show

By Lacrosse Playground | August 4, 2009 |
Just a reminder to check out the Today Show on NBC at the 8 a.m. hour when Long Island Lizard Nicky Polanco and teammates will be on the show. That gives us an excuse to post a Nicky Polanco highlight video, right?

Long Island Lizards Invade Today Show

By Lacrosse Playground | August 3, 2009 |

Make sure to catch NBC tomorrow morning at 8am. The two time Major League Lacrosse champions, Long Island Lizards, will … Read more

The lacrosse player’s toolkit: What every laxer must have

By Lacrosse Playground | July 26, 2009 |
You never know what can happen in the middle of the game. And in case you don’t have your back-up stick with you, Lacrosse Playground has pulled together a list of things every lacrosse player should carry with them at all times.

Max McCool: Rubber Sidewalls

By Lacrosse Playground | July 25, 2009 |
We've all been in a position where we've broken a sidewall string in the middle of a game. That got Lacrosse Playground's resident stick-stringer thinking how he could do something to strengthen the sidewall strings and lengthen their life. Max came up with the Rubber Sidewall Experiment, where he tested melting rubber onto the sidewall strings. Still in its conceptual stage, here are his initial results:

K18: What's the deal with the turtle?

By Lacrosse Playground | July 23, 2009 |
K18 Turtle Close-Up


We noticed there was a turtle icon on the throat of the new K18 head and on the new K18 arm guards. We also noticed a lot of people wondering why. To find out, we went to the source. Here's what Kyle Harrison had to say about the turtle symbol appearing on his new line:
Turtles in my family have always been good luck (as they are in many other cultures as well, as you know). If you go to my parents’ house there are over 100 turtles around from pictures to sculptures to hide-a-key things, and everything else you can imagine. The turtle on the stick is actually the tattoo I've got on my left leg. [It's] just a family symbol and STX was nice enough to let me incorporate it into my entire new equipment line.

Video from the MLL All-Star party

By Lacrosse Playground | July 16, 2009 |
Jookt.com has a video from the MLL All-Star party at the Hard Rock Cafe. What we learn:

- Nicky Polanco loves interacting with the kids that come to games - Brett Queener likes having kids look up to him - Jesse Schwartzman likes girls and money

That sums it up. Check out the video below:

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Former Terp laxer all over hollywood gossip blogs

By Lacrosse Playground | July 16, 2009 |

We will try to never link to Perez Hilton. But, for the record, the Hollywood gossip blogger thinks former Maryland … Read more

More player exclusive gloves from Brine

By Lacrosse Playground | July 15, 2009 |
Lacrosse Playground has more pictures of some player exclusive gloves from Brine. These gloves were made for some of the players on the Brine R&D team and you may be seeing them at a MLL game near you this summer. More photos after the jump.
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